City honors Palaro Heroes

BAGUIO CITY – The City paid tribute to its athlete-heroes who were instrumental in Cordillera Administrative Region’s improved showing in the Palarong Pambansa held last April in Antique.

Mayor Mauricio Domogan led city officials and employees in feting the contingent led by archer Charmaine Angela Villamor and runner Jeremiah Hipol, who contributed the most number of medals among the city athletes and fueled Team Cordillera’s fifth runner-up finish. He described the team’s performance as impressive considering Cordillera’s status as the newest region in the pack.

Villamor of the Baguio City High School won four golds in the 40, 50, 60 meters and FITA Round, two silvers in the Individual Olympic Round and Mixed Team Olympic Round and one bronze in the Team Olympic Round. Hipol of Apolinario Mabini Elementary School, copped three golds from the 400 meter dash, 800 meter dash, 1500 meter run and a silver in the 4×400 meter relay.

Also honored were Taekwondo jin Rain Ramon of the University of Baguio (UB), who topped the elementary girls taekwondo poomsae individual B, the kroyugi category 4 and the poomsae group competition and chess wizards Samantha Glo Revita of Saint Louis University (SLU) Laboratory High School, who won three golds in chess standard individual, standard and blitz team, and Bea Mendoza of UB, who also had three golds in chess blitz individual, standard and blitz team competitions.

In the secondary level, the honorees were gold medalists Eza Rai Yalong, Jhester Neil Pasicolan, Leia Simoune Soria, Chelsea Xen Tacay and Jessa Tumlayen, all of UB, Liquiza Obas of SLU Center, Lemuel Dalgo of Irisan National High School, and Gedion Fred Padua of Pines City National High School;